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TeliaSonera to offer iPhone in Scandinavia and Baltics

  • May 28th, 2008
  • 2:17 pm

TeliaSonera signed an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia later this year.

No other information was provided.

TeliaSonera provides telecom services in the Nordic and Baltic countries, in Spain and the emerging markets of Eurasia, including Russia and Turkey.

   
 

Bite bumps 3G speeds to 7.2Mbps (Latvia)(Lithuania)

  • October 3rd, 2007
  • 1:33 pm

Bite Latvia has announced the upgrade of its 3G network to HSDPA. The faster 3.5G network is currently available in seven cities across the Baltic State, giving it population coverage of 50%, and supports download speeds of up to 7.2Mbps. Bite’s sister company in neighbouring Lithuania has also been upgraded.

   

 

TEO to apply for WiMAX licence (Lithuania)

  • August 21st, 2007
  • 7:04 am

 Lithuanian operator TEO has submitted a bid to take part in the tender for a WiMAX licence. TEC chief marketing officer Nerijus Ivanauskas said the company plans to expand the WiMAX network over ten years to attract over 164,000 new customers. Last month the Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania (RRT) announced a public tender for the right to operate public communications access networks using the 3.4GHz to 3.6GHz radio frequency band, with a closing date for applications of 14 August.

   

 

 

TEO submits bid to take part in WiMAX licence tender (Lithuania)

  • August 20th, 2007
  • 3:38 pm

Lithuanian operator TEO has submitted a bid to take part in the tender for a WiMAX broadband wireless network licence. TEO chief marketing officer Nerijus Ivanauskas said the company plans to expand the WiMAX network over 10 years to attract over 164,000 new customers.

   

Lithuanian regulator issues tender

  • July 11th, 2007
  • 2:59 pm

The Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania (RRT) has announced a public tender for the right to operate public communications access networks using the 3.4GHz to 3.6GHz radio frequency band. The closing date for tenders is 14 August 2007, and the registration fee is LTL2822 (USD1116). The winner will be chosen via a beauty contest, and the licence will run for 15 years. The concession will be awarded on the proviso that the winner sets up a network covering half the population of three different cities within two years, half the population of a further two cities within five years, and 90% of the whole Lithuanian population within ten years.

   

 

Lithuanian regulator launches wireless network tender

  • July 11th, 2007
  • 2:17 pm

Lithuania’s Communications Regulatory Authority has launched a public tender to grant the right to use radio frequencies/channels to operate public wireless communications access networks in the 3.4-3.6GHz band. Interested parties must submit their tender documents by 14 August.

   

EQO Communications launches mobile VoIP service

  • May 24th, 2007
  • 11:17 am

Global mobile internet service provider EQO Communications has launched EQO Mobile, a service that lets users make international long distance calls and exchange IM and SMSs on their mobile phones at local calling and messaging rates. EQO Mobile is powered by a software application that makes calling as easy as using as a standard phone address book. The application is free to download and installs itself automatically. EQO Mobile allows users to leverage their existing contact lists to build a network of EQO contacts and to easily invite these contacts to also use EQO. Currently EQO supports hundreds of mainstream mobile handsets and will initially be available in the following 20 countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States.

   

TDC to divest Bitë

  • January 22nd, 2007
  • 1:47 pm

Telegeography writes…Bitë Group, which operates cellular networks in the Baltic countries of Latvia and Lithuania, is to be sold by its parent, Danish incumbent TDC. Central and Eastern European private equity fund Mid Europa Partners, is to buy 100% of the subsidiary for a reported cash consideration of EUR450 million (USD583 million). Bitë Group consists of Lithuanian cellco Bitë GSM and its wholly owned subsidiary Bitë Latvia. Bitë GSM, which launched services in 1995, claimed just under a third of the market at the end of September 2006 with 1,977,000 subscribers. Bitë Latvia launched a GSM/GPRS network in September 2005 and started upgrading it with EDGE technology the following month. According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms database, it was the country’s smallest cellco at the end of 3Q 2006, with an estimated 135,000 subscribers.

 

 

Russian retailer Euroset opens 5,000th outlet

  • January 12th, 2007
  • 3:58 pm

 Russia’s largest mobile handset retailer Euroset has opened its 5,000th outlet, the company said in a press release Friday.

The milestone was reached Friday when the chain opened a new outlet in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, the company said.

As of October 1, 2006, Euroset operated in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, Estonia and Moldova. The company’s sales in January-September amounted to US$3.1 billion.

 

Lithuania picks MOTO TETRA

  • January 11th, 2007
  • 8:11 am

TotalTele writes…Motorola to supply IP-based Tetra solution including hardware, software, devices and implementation services for Lithuania’s nationwide mission-critical radio network  

Vilnius, Lithuania – 10 January 2007 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced it has been selected by Lithuania’s Ministry of Interior to deliver a nationwide Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) communications network. Lithuania’s nationwide TETRA network will serve the border guard, customs, emergency services (police, fire and ambulance) and the state secret service.

Secure cross-functional and cross-border voice and data communication systems will help ensure faster and easier collaboration amongst Lithuania’s public safety organizations across the country. An IP-based TETRA solution, the network will support data transmission, enabling public safety organizations to send data – such as fingerprints, passport information, license plates and pictures – to and from handheld TETRA devices and central computer systems.

Based on TETRA, the open standard for digital private mobile radio (PMR), the network also ensures Lithuania fulfils Schengen cross-border communication requirements.

Motorola, working together with JSC INTA, Motorola’s local distributor, is responsible for the design and implementation of the TETRA network. Roll-out of the new network is expected to begin in Q2 2007, with completion due by Q4 2007. Motorola plans to hand the network over to Lithuania’s Ministry of Interior at the end of 2007. The contract also includes 6,200 TETRA radio devices, with built-in global position system (GPS) to pinpoint the users’ location.

“With the need to manage secure cross-functional and cross-border communications, Lithuania will benefit greatly from its investment in one of the most up-to-date TETRA networks in the world,� says John Gherghetta, corporate vice president and general manager, EMEA Networks & Enterprise, Motorola. “This network will enable the emergency services operating across the country to achieve new levels of integration and collaboration, which will only improve the quality and effectiveness of the services they deliver.�

Lithuania’s shared digital radio communication network will be based on Motorola Dimetra IP, a highly scalable TETRA Over IP switch solution that offers a more resilient, robust and reliable network for seamless communication amongst users – across borders, networks and devices. It supports voice, telephony, messaging and data services that enable mobile applications such as database enquiries and image transmission, on a single network virtually anytime, anywhere, quickly and securely.

The contract builds on Motorola’s public safety heritage and its leading position within the TETRA market. Motorola is committed to innovation on the TETRA platform, including the creation of applications and the development of TETRA II technology.
TETRA is the open standard for PMR as defined by ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute). Motorola has been instrumental, together with other TETRA industry players, in supporting the standard since its inception in the late 1980s. TETRA has evolved to become a mission-critical tool in public safety and has been rolled out across 77 countries worldwide. Motorola continues to work with industry partners, the TETRA Association and ETSI to drive the standard forward.

 

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